Happy Crafty 4th of July!

So it's that time of the year to celebrate our Great Nation's birthday, and what better way to celebrate it than with some great crafts (provided you do them indoors, under air conditioned conditions or else you might passout.)

The Disney Family website is always full of great ideas that the kids love it because all the crafts involve Disney Characters. All their projects come with step-by-step instructions and downloadable templates. Check out their 4th of July section! Just click here Disney Family.com

Another great craft resource is of course, Martha Stewart. There you can not only find instructions to easy crafts, but they have recipes, activities, etiqutte FAQ's and even some historical info on the 4th July. Click here to visit Martha Stewart.com

My Etsy

Ok,so it seams everytime I post a blog I begin by apologizing for not posting more often. Reality is I have a full time job, 3...actually 4 kids if you count my husband, I'm a Girl Scout Leader to my daughter's troop, have one dog and, oh, did I mention my full time job that always seems to follow my home! So I'm not apoligizing anymore...just thank God that I do have a life and I"m not clogging up your email with posts ever five minutes (I reserve that for my FB friends, lololol).

Now to the post of the day, My Etsy.

As I surfed the net one day I came to find http://www.etsy.com/. It's a network of crafters and artists who produce handmade goods and just by clicking on a few pages I fell in love with everything on there. I decided I had to be a part of this, so I signed up about 3 months ago. Now back to that having a life part...only in the past few days have I been able to focus, organize and get my shop up and running. As a favor, I ask you visit my shop, http://www.sinfullycrafty.etsy.com/ and let me know what you think! Critique the pics, my sale prices, descriptions,everything...it's the only way I'll know what needs improvement.

As a thank you I made this poster for someone who requested it, but they never came thru, so I'm sharing it with you guys. You can have it printed and framed just click on the picture below and then right click on the image and then click save as and save it to your computer.

And just for your info...the original Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory movie is my favorite of all time!

My first love

Today I've decided to open up a little and tell you about my first love...no not the high school guy that stood me up for Prom (he's definitly not on my list!) or my wonderful husband who deals with my crafty craziness everyday. This love goes back a long time ago to when I was a five year old little girl just wanting to do what her father loved to do....taking pictures.

I remember my dad having a Mamiya, dual lens camera which to me was fascinating because you had to look down into the camera to take pictures. He would often let me hold the camera, with his help because it was heavy, and "waste" film taking pictures of people, places & things. This is to be a love affair that will last the rest of my life....or at least up to now that I sit here writing this.

Needless to say that I moved on to attend a High School that specialized in Photography, studied it in College and have often made ends meet with it. Now I've decided to share some of my pictures with you and please, by all means, let me know what you think. And yes! I still have my dad's camera, although these pictures were taken with my Canon Rebel 35mm.

This series of pictures I took on my trip to England & Ireland. They feature Stonehendge, The Tower of London, Tower Bridge and the Cememtery in Glendalough. Want a copy of one of them, just stop by my Etsy shop.